Table SI-1. Acute Toxicity Effects from Corexit® 9500-only Exposure
Family / Species / Life Stage / Dispersant / FW/SW / Duration (h) / C, S1 / LC50 mg/L / Upper Range / Author(s)Amphipod / Allorchestes compressa / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 3.5 / Gulec et al. 19942
Shrimp / Artemia salina / 9500 / SW / 48 / C / 21 / US Testing Co2
Copepod / Calanus glacialis / 9500 / SW / 96 / S / 17 / 50 / Gardiner et al.2103
Mysid / Eurytemora affinis / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 5.2 / Wright and Coelho 19962
Copepod / Eurytemora affinis / Nauplii / 9500 / SW / 24 / C / 9.5 / Aurand et al. 2009
Copepod / Eurytemora affinis / Nauplii / 9500 / SW / 48 / C / 6.3 / Aurand et al. 2009
Copepod / Eurytemora affinis / Copepodite / 9500 / SW / 24 / C / 14.6 / Aurand et al. 2009
Copepod / Eurytemora affinis / Copepodite / 9500 / SW / 48 / C / 9.6 / Aurand et al. 2009
Copepod / Eurytemora affinis / Adult / 9500 / SW / 24 / C / 19.2 / Aurand et al. 2009
Copepod / Eurytemora affinis / Adult / 9500 / SW / 48 / C / 15.3 / Aurand et al. 2009
Mysid / Holmesimysis costata / 9500 / SW / 96 / S / 158.0 / Singer et al. 1996
Mysid / Holmesimysis costata / 9500 / SW / 96 / S / 223.7 / Singer et al. 1996
Mysid / Holmesimysis costata / 9500 / SW / 96 / S / 245.4 / Singer et al. 1996
Shrimp / Litoenaeus setiferus / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 31.1 / Liu 2003
Mysid / Americamysis bahia / 9500A / SW / 96 / C / 42.0 / Hemmer et al. 2010
Mysid / Americamysis bahia / 10-Day / 9500 / SW / 96 / S / 900 / Fuller et al. 2004
Mysid / Americamysis bahia / 2-4 Day / 9500A / SW / 48 / C / 42 / Hemmer et al. 2011
Mysid / Americamysis bahia3 / 10-Day / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 32 / Fuller et al. 2004
Mysid / Mysidopsis bahia / 9500 / SW / 96 / S / 789 / Clark et al. 2001
Mysid / Mysidopsis bahia / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 35.9 / Clark et al. 2001
Mysid / Mysidopsis bahia / 9500A / SW / 48 / C / 32.23 / USEPA-NCP
Mysid / Mysidopsis bahia / 9500 / SW / 48 / C / 32.3 / Inchape Testing Services 19952
Mysid / Mysidopsis bahia / 9500 / SW / 48 / C / 40 / Lab A (EE)- This Study
Mysid / Mysidopsis bahia / 9500 / SW / 48 / C / 40 / Lab A (EE)- This Study
Mysid / Mysidopsis bahia / 9500A / SW / 48 / C / 42 / Hemmer et al. 2010
Mysid / Mysidopsis bahia / 9500 / SW / 48 / C / 45 / Lab B (SM) - This Study
Mysid / Mysidopsis bahia / 9500 / SW / 48 / C / 45 / Lab B (SM) - This Study
Mysid / Mysidopsis bahia / 9500A / SW / 96 / C / 3.40 / USEPA-NCP
Mysid / Mysidopsis bahia / 9500 / SW / S / 789 / 1038 / Coelho and Aurand 19972
Mysid / Mysidopsis bahia / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 32.2 / Rhoton et al. 1999
Mysid / Mysidopsis bahia / 9500 / SW / 96 / S / 622 / Rhoton et al.1999
Mysid / Mysidopsis bahia / 6-d / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 37.2 / Wetzel and Van Fleet 2001
Mysid / Mysidopsis bahia / 6-d / 9500 / SW / 96 / S / 1038 / Wetzel and Van Fleet 2001
Shrimp / Palaemonetes varians / 9500 / SW / 6 / C / 8103 / Beaupoil and Nedelec 19942
Shrimp / Penaeus monodon / Larvae / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 48 / Marine and Freshwater Resources Inst 19982
Crustacean Range / 3.4 / 8103
Mean / 387.7 / N=35
1 C = continuous exposure S = spiked, declining exposure;2Cited in George-Ares and Clark 2000; 3Americamysis (=Mysidopsis) bahia; N = number
Table SI-1. Acute Toxicity Effects from Corexit® 9500-only Exposure (Continued)
Family / Species / Life Stage / Corexit / FW/SW / Duration (h) / C, S1 / LC50 mg/L / Upper Range / ReferenceFish / Atherinosoma microstoma / juvenile / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 50 / Marine and Freshwater Resources Inst 19982
Fish / Brachydanio rerio / 9500 / SW / 24 / C / 400 / Walsh 19952
Fish / Cyprinodon variegatus / 4-Day / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 180 / Fuller et al. 2004
Fish / Cyprinodon variegatus / 4-Day / 9500 / SW / 96 / S / 670 / Fuller et al. 2004
Fish / Fundulus heteroclitus / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 140 / US Testing Co 19942
Fish / Fundulus heteroclitus / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 172.6 / Liu 2003
Fish / Lates calcarifer / juvenile / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 143 / Marine and Freshwater Resources Inst 19982
Fish / Melanotaenia duboulayi / Larvae / 9500 / FW / 96 / C / 14.5 / Pollino & Holdway 2002
Fish / Melanotaenia duboulayi / Larvae / 9500 / FW / 72 / C / 34.7 / Pollino & Holdway 2002
Fish / Menidia beryllina / 9500A / SW / 96 / C / 25.2 / USEPA-NCP
Fish / Menidia beryllina / 9500A / SW / 96 / C / 2.61 / USEPA-NCP
Fish / Menidia beryllina / 9500A / SW / 96 / C / 130 / Hemmer et al 2010
Fish / Menidia beryllina / Larvae / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 25.2 / Inchape Testing Services 19952
Fish / Menidia beryllina / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 35.4 / Lab A (EE) - This Study
Fish / Menidia beryllina / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 42.1 / Lab A (EE) - This Study
Fish / Menidia beryllina / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 105 / Lab B (SM) - This Study
Fish / Menidia beryllina / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 110 / Lab B (SM) - This Study
Fish / Menidia beryllina / 9500A / SW / 96 / C / 130 / Hemmer et al. 2010
Fish / Menidia beryllina / 10-Day / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 79 / Fuller et al. 2004
Fish / Menidia beryllina / 10-Day / 9500 / SW / 96 / S / 76 / Fuller et al. 2004
Fish / Menidia beryllina / 11/14 Day / 9500A / SW / 96 / C / 130 / Hemmer et al. 2011
Fish / Menidia beryllina / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 53.3 / Rhoton et al. 1999
Fish / Menidia beryllina / 9500 / SW / 96 / S / 205 / Rhoton et al. 1999
Fish / Menidia beryllina / 12-d / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 85.1 / Wetzel and Van Fleet 2001
Fish / Menidia beryllina / 12-d / 9500 / SW / 96 / S / 21.6 / Wetzel and Van Fleet 2001
Fish / Oncorhynchus mykiss / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 354 / Environment Canada 19942
Fish / Sarotherodonmozambicus / 9500 / SW / 96 / C / 150 / Lessard 19952
Scianenops ocellatus / 16-d / 9500 / SW / 96 / S / 744 / Wetzel and Van Fleet 2001
Fish / Scophthalmusmaximus / 9500 / SW / 48 / S / 1055 / Clark et al. 2001
Fish / Scophthalmus maximus / 9500 / SW / 48 / C / 74.7 / Clark et al. 2001
Vertebrate Range / 2.61 / 1055
Mean / 181.3 / N=30
1 C = continuous exposure S = spiked, declining exposure; 2Cited in George-Ares and Clark 2000
Table SI-1. Acute Toxicity Effects from Corexit® 9500-only Exposure (Continued)
Family / Species / Life Stage / Corexit / FW/SW / Duration (h) / C, S1 / LC50 mg/L / Upper Range / ReferenceOyster / Crassostrea gigas / 9500 / SW / 48 / C / 167 / Liu 2003
Mollusc Range
Mean
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